tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200723326040051452.post8564499527724883019..comments2023-10-22T03:44:54.668-05:00Comments on The Catholic Atheist: Hermeneutics: Alice, the "Final" Four and BarthUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200723326040051452.post-75976451828618200842008-10-06T04:25:00.000-05:002008-10-06T04:25:00.000-05:00Have you ever read Gadamer's book "Truth and Metho...Have you ever read Gadamer's book "Truth and Method." The book looks at the broader question of interpretation as such and not simply that of biblical interpretation. The basic idea is that all interpretation starts with certain prejudices or stereotypes about whatever distant, historic or foreign "object of study" and interpretation is the act of working towards refining and redefining these initial, which for him is an never-ending, circular process. <BR/>A good but difficult "German" read, which I have yet to finish and perhaps I never will. <BR/>I wrote a paper on him, which I'd love to share but unfortunately it's in French!Mark Koesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381494138988308929noreply@blogger.com